About us

The Umulliko Indigenous
Higher Education Centre seeks a deeper level of framework, in which
the past, present and future are combined to form a holistic Indigenous
understanding.

In the language of the Awabakal people, Umulliko
means 'to create, to make, to do'.

Umulliko is the primary focus of
research and research training for The Wollotuka Institute. The ideals of
Umulliko are grounded in what we refer to as 'an Indigenous framework of
being'. By this we mean that, as Indigenous people, we take more than just a
linear view of the history of Umulliko to this point in time.

In 1996 the University bid for
special Commonwealth funding to establish an Indigenous Higher Education
Research Centre. It had the strong support of the Indigenous Community. The bid
was successful, Umulliko was created and at the time, it was the only
Indigenous Higher Education Research Centre on the east coast of Australia.
Since its inception, Umulliko has been well supported by the University and its
story has been one of effort and achievement. Its researchers have had notable
success in gaining Australian Research Council Indigenous Researcher
Grants. A lot of effort has been put in to supervising research students
and this has brought excellent results to date.

From the beginning Umulliko has
been vibrant and innovative in its directions. It has a strong commitment to
local Communities and national Indigenous issues. It is engaged with Indigenous
researchers across Australia and in other countries including New Zealand,
Malaysia, Canada, the US and Finland.

Umulliko is endeavouring to
invigorate a new pathway of research and researching training that is nationally
relevant and of significant importance to our people. Our culturally rich and
successful past becomes the foundation for our vision for the future, which is
full of incredible possibilities.

This is an exciting time to be
joining Umulliko and we look forward to seeing you.